Rule-form machine



Nov. zo,v 1923. M7492@ l E. APPELQUIST RULE FORM MACHINE i l neg oct. 28, 1921 s sheets-snee? M fz# @3&5 VMM@ 5 54 f x A 3 55 l l l i l Nov. 20, 1923, 3,474,924

E. APPELQUIST' RULE FORM MACHI NE Filed Oct. 28 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 j Nw. 20,1923. 11,474,924

E. APPELQUIST RULE FORM MACHINE Filed oct. 28; 1921 3 sheets-Sheet 5- Patented Nov., 2t?, 1223,.

i v new il .ERIK .PFF'LQUEST, 0F VIORGEST'ER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSGNOR vTO RULE FORM MA- CHINE COMPANY, Il. CORPORATON OF flASSCHUSETTS.

RULE-:eosin Machine.

niipnati'a ined october es, reci. serial ivo. 511,215.

To all tf1/wm t waag concern.'

Be it known that I, Flinn rrenQUrs'rfa snbiect of the Kino of Sweden,'residinelat d D c:

W'orcester, in the county of l'lilorcester 'and State of lilalssachusetts, have invented anew and useful RuleFormll/fachine, of which the following is a specification. e j Y* This Vinvention relates to the slttin'g and grooving ofthe faces of c'astingmachine slugs or lines oftype for use in printing tabular work. `These slugsfare set up on a type casting machine in block, associated in snch manner 'as may be necessary to produce the particular form of tables desiied.y 'and then they are grooved transversely. In these grooves are inserted metallic rules, wires orstrips, the front edges or faces of which constitute printing surfaces for printing lines between thecolumns. Obviously these rules, and therefore the grooves, yhave to be spaced atdifferent distances apart fordifferent kinds of tabular work. All the above is well known.

The principal objects of this invention are to provide a machine` for performing this groovingoperation which will be very compact and yet will be especially efficient for the purpose intended and, `more speciiically, to provide an improved `'form of readily ad.- jnstable carriages forthe milling cutters and breaches andan improved and more cenvenie'nt method of driving the same in their different adjusted positions; to provide an accurate and efficient way for supporting the carriages independently of the arbor which rotates the milling cutters and for facilitating the spacing of the milling cutters and breaches the proper distances apart gl to provide for vertically adjusting the cutter arbor and carriage; to provide means connected therewith for widening the bottoms of the slots so that rules wider at the base than in ,the body can be inserted and thus there will be no danger of their displacement even after the type has been handled; and to provide an improved printing rule form from which the( rules cannot be removed by a .transverse motion. i: j e j j The invention also involves other improvements "and features of other parts of the machine as 1will appear. Y 4

`Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which-V j j l l j j Fig. 1 is :a plan of 'a machine constructed in accordano-e with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View on the line 3'-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary plan of one of the milling cutter carriage Vsnpports showing its scale;

Fig. 5 is an end view of the same;

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail on the line 6-`6 of Fig. 5 showing the spacing grooves;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view of the grooving broach on an enlarged scale;

Figs. 8 and 9 are a side and an edge view of the milling cutter;

Fig. l() is a side view of one of the jaws;

Fig. 10L is a section thereof; and

Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view of a portion of the type with one of the rules or strips set therein. V

I have shown the machine in a compact form in which it is mounted on a base or frame 10. The machine is run by a motor 11 mounted on a bracket 12 attached to the base. The bracket is adjustable on the base so as to keep the belt 13 driven from the motor sufficiently stretched. This belt drives a pulley 14 on the cutter arbor 15.

On the other end of the motor shaft 21 `is a worm 22, which drives a worm gear 23 attached to a vertical telescopingshaft 24. Unithe vertical shaft is a worm 25 drivinga 'ivorm gear 26 provided with a clutch 2T operated by a handle 29, to engage and disena feed gear shaft 2S. This is Vprovided with 'gears 33 and 35 engaging racks 36 on the table 37, which moves `very slowly. rllhe varbor 15 is mounted on ball 4bearings in adjustable slides 3&1 in the sides of the frame 10 and extends across it above. Said slides are made adjustable, through a cam shaft 31 operated by a hand wheel 32, and provided with set screws for locking it. A switch for the motor 4islocated in a convenient place in the side of the vframe with the wiring in the hollow of the base 10.

The table closes the top of the frame between the ways 38 on which the table 37 reciprocates, so that most of the mechanism is entirely enclosed. ltwill be apparent that which is provided with one stationary jaw l" tot are provided along their gripping surfaces with longitudinal grooves m 'the form of teeth running on an incline to the table.V

The loose jaw has pivots 43 on both ends. Said pivots fit in slots 44 in the end pieces of a frame and move parallel with the table. These grooves thereby prevent the slugs at the end of the series from rising and therefore tend to prevent the rest of the slugs from bulging or rising from the table when they are clamped between them. Y

The milling operation is performed by a series of thin milling cut/ters each having a flat hub 49 on each side to give it a good bearing on the arbor'. The adjustable slides 34 areV provided with bearings for the arbor 15 and with bosses 52 projecting therefrom on the opposite sides. Mounted in the bosses and extending parallel. with the arbor, and substantially at the level thereof, are two bars 53 which are shown as square. These barsare located in fixed position and constitute guides and measuring scales. For this purpose each bar is beveled off at 54 on the outer upper corner and this beveled surface is provided with V-shaped teeth 55. These teeth are spaced apart at any convenient distance, but for the purpose of ordinary tabular work in the art mentioned l' prefer to space them l of an inch from apex to apex. 0n the horizontal top of each bar is provided a scale having its division marks registering with the teeth. This is divided into picas, half-picas and two-points, picas with .the longest scale mark, half-picas with a shorter scale mark and two-point with the shortest scale mark.

On these two bars 53 are located a convenient number of cutter carriages 60. The bars therefore constitute supports and guides for these carriages, the carriages being in the form of comparatively thin strips of metal having square openings therethrough for tting the bars53. Each carriage is provided with a central vertical space 6l and with a central circular horizontal perforation 62. The arbor l5 passes through the central perforation freely and without bearing upon it. The' space 6l is for the recep# tion of one of the milling cutters 50. Each of these milling cutters is provided with a key slot and the shaft is provided with a longitudinal key 63 extending substantially all the way across from bearing to bearing. This key projects into the key slot and the perforation 62 is large enough to permit it to rotate thereinY without touching its edges.

. lt will be seen, therefore,` that the carriages i ea can be moved along their supporting bars 53 to any. desired position. At all points in which they are in operative location above they type they will be positively rotated by the arbor 15.

On each end of each carriage is a pivoted.

to throw back the lever 64 from the bar 53 when released by the cam 66. Y

The central space 6l is formed by notching out the main body of the carriage and the cutter is held in position, in the form shown, by a detachable plate 69 secured over this notchat one side.

Located at the back of it is a.,

Located at the Vrear of thecutter isa breach 70. This is secured to the carriage in alignment with the cutter centrally throughout most of its height but at the bottom is widened out as shown at 7l. The passage of the work under the cutter will result in providing a groove of uniform thicknessin the work and the breach 7l widens it out at the bottom slightly.. l'n this way an undercut groove is provided as indicated in Fig. l1. Y Y

The grooves are iilled by inserting brass strips or rules 72 in them. These have one or more edges 73 for printing single or double column marks. They also have widened bottoms at 74 fitting in the Vgrooves produced as above described. On account of this shape the rules cannot be dislodged readily and, in fact, cannot be dislodged at all except by longitudinal motion.

It will be seen that any desired number of these carriages can be employed and that they can be moved on the bars 53 readily and spaced at any desired distance apart, which will be shown on the scales., Their opposite ends can be spaced alike very easily by observing the scale. The mechanism shownwill result in producing any desired number of undercut grooves throughout the block of slugs or lines of type carried by the frame. Y

Another feature of the invention, which is of importance in practical use, is that if the machine is kept running it will carry the carriage to one end until the racks 36 move out of mesh with the gears 33 and 35 and no damage will be done ifthe rest of the machine continues to run. Furthermore, by throwing out the clutch 27 the operator can move the carriage back'and forth by hand along its ways. This is a matter of convenience to the operator. Y

In o} 3eration,^the type, whether it is for printing characters or blanks, is set Vup in the frame as it will be needed for the printing operation just as it would be in the press. The cutter carriages are spaced the proper distances apart to provide the grooves in the right places and all the handles 67 set to hold the levers 64 in position to` keep the carriages properly located. The

Lac/aaai cording` to the convenience or the operator, but the handle 2O is kept in position to adjust the clutch rIhe frame l0 at this time is on the table 3T and the operator simply moves it up toward the arbor 15 until the racks 36 engage at their forward ends with the gears 33 and 35. Then he pushes in the handle 29 and the carriage is moved by power-throughout the length of the machine in one direction to produce the desired grooves in the type. The operator then disconnects the clutch and draws the table back by hand and then takes out the type and replaces it by a new set.

Although I have described and illustrated only a single embodiment of the invention I am aware of the fact that many modilications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as eX- pressed in the claims. Therefore, do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and described but what I do claim is l. In a machine for grooving line type or lines of type, the combination of a table for supporting said type, ways on which said table is movable, an arbor located over the table, a set of milling cutters on the arbor, said arbor having a key extending longitudinally thereof and engaging said milling cutters. means for moving the table longitudinally under the arbor, and a seri-es of cutter carriages engaging said cutters respectively for adjusting them lengthwise of said arbor.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a movable table for supporting slugs or the like, an arbor located adjacent to the table, means Jfor moving the table adjacent to the arbor. a series of cutter carriages individually adjustable along the arbor and each having a cutter, said arbor having a key and each of the cutters having a slot for receiving it, whereby the arbor will rotate the cutters.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a movable tableV for supporting slugs or the like, an arbor located over the table, means for moving the table under the arbor, a series of cutter carriages, a series of circular cutters movable with the carriages, each carriage having a passage therethrough for the arbor, said arbor having a key and each ot the cutters having` a slot for receiving the key, whereby the arbor will rotate the cutters, said cutter carriages being adjustable on the arbor to positions along the key, and means parallel to the arbor for guiding said carriages along it.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a movable table for supporting type slugs 'or the like, a rotatable arbor mounted over the table having a key thereon, a pair of fixed guide bars adjacent to the shaft and parallel with it, a series of cutter carriages supported and guided by said guide bars, a rotatable cutter movable with each carriage and having a slot for engaging the key, said carriages being movable along the guide bars, whereby the cutters on the carriages that are located adjacent to the key will be rota-ted.

5. In a machine ot the character described.y the combination of a movable table for the type slugs or the like and an arbor.` ot a pair ot' guide bars located parallel with the arbor, each having a scale on the saine. milling cutters on said arbor, and a series ot cutter carriages having perforations of the same shape as said bars, by which they are supported and on which they are movable, said carriages having means -for registering on said scales and showing their positionsl thereon.

6. In a .machine of the character described. the combination of an arbor, a guide bar located adjacent and parallel thereto, said guide bar having a scale on its surtace.y a series ot cutter carriages supported by the `bar and having perforations for receiving the bar and arbor. means 'tor registering on the scale to show' the positions of the carriages thereon, and a rotatable cutter movable with each carriage and adapted to be rotated by the arbor.

7. In a machine ot the character described, the combination ot an arbor, a guide bar located adjacent and parallel thereto. said guide bar having a scale on its upper surface, a. series of cutter carriages supported by the bar, having perforations for receiving 'the bar and arbor, a'rotatable cutter movable with each carriage and adapted to be rotated by the arbor, said bar having teeth on its upper edge registering with said scale to cooperate with the carriages and assisting in holding them in their adjusted positions. f

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination of an arbor, guide bars located adjacent and parallel thereto. said guide bars having scales located on their surfaces, a. series of cutter carriages, supported by the bars, having pertorations for receiving them, and provided with a rotatable cutter movable with each carriage and adapted to be rotated by the arbor, said bars beinfr of general rectangular cross-section and Lhaving teeth on their upper edges registering with said scale and a registering device on each cutter carriage comprising a movable member thereon having edges adapted to engage in said teeth Jfor holding the carriages in adjustedposition and registering on the scales to show their positions thereon.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination with an arbor, a guide bar, and a cutter carriage having a space therein, of a cutter freely mounted in said space supported independently of the carriage, the cutter carriage having perforations for receiving the arbor and bar. Y

l0. ln' a machine of the character described, the combination of guide bars and a cutter carriage having a space therein, a cutter in said space, the cutter carriage having a perforation for receiving an arbor and having perforations for receiving and fitting the guide bars, and means on the carriage for engaging the edges of the guide bars.

ll. ln a machine of the character described, the combination with an arbor, a guide bar, and a cutter carriage having a space therein, of a cutter in said space, the cutter carriage having a perforation for re ceiving the arbor and bar, a lever on the carriage for engaging the edge of the guide bar to hold the carriage, and a cam lever for engaging and holding said lever locked in position for holding the carriage against sliding along the bar.

12. In a machine of the character L,described, the combination with a guide bar, of a cutter carriage having a space therein, a perforation for receiving an arbor, and a perforation for receiving and fitting the guide bar, a lever on the carriage for ent gaIging the edge of the guide bar, and means for holding said lever in iixed position against said edge, the edge of the guide bar having teeth equally spaced thereon, and the lever being shaped to enter the spaces between the teeth.

13. In a machine of the character described, the combination of an arbor, a cutter carriage having a space therein, a cutter Lawinen in said Space and adapted to be rotated by the arbor, the cutter carriage and cutter having perforations for receiving the arbor, and being slidable longitudinally thereon, and a grooving broach fixed on said carria'ge behind the cutter.

14. In a. machine of the character described, the combination of a cutter carriage having a space therein, a cutter in said space, an arbor for rotating the cutter, the cutter carriage having a perforation for receiving the arbor, and a grooving broach fixed on said carriage behind the cutter, said grooving broach having a widened lower edge for widening the bottom ot the slot cut by the cutter to form a groove with a wide bottom.

l5. In a machine for grooving casting machine slugs or lines of type, the combination of a table having means for clamping said type, comprising a fixed and a movable jaw each having a flat face provided with downwardly slanting teeth for holding the slugs down positively, ways on which said table is movable, an arbor located over the table, a set of milling cutters on the arbor, and means for moving the table longitudinally under it and simultaneously rotating the arbor.

1G. The combination with a table, of a pair of jaws thereon having opposite Hat faces for receiving between them the clamping faces of said jaws having downwardly slanting teeth each located at an inclination all the way across the jaw for holding the slugs down.

In testimony whereof l have, hereunto axed my signature.

ERK APPELQUST. 

